[CASL-L] Powerful Media Literacy Resource

[Monica Ahern]

Hello All,

I attended a webinar yesterday and discovered a powerful resource
called Project
Look Sharp <https://projectlooksharp.org/index.php>. Its goal is to get
students to use critical thinking skills and a constructivist approach to
decode media messages. It has a wealth of materials on its "Free Classroom
Materials" pages. Here's a video
<https://media.ithaca.edu/media/Newsweek+Covers+on+Vietnam%2C+Persian+Gulf%2C+and+Afghanistan/1_3iams0qj>
that
demonstrates a history teacher leading students through the
decoding process using the "Media Construction of War" kit. This site isn't
only for history teachers, however. There is content here for ELA and
science as well.

*How the site is organized: *Project Look Sharp contains subject area
kits, searchable
by grade <https://projectlooksharp.org//?action=gradelevel> or content area
<https://projectlooksharp.org/?action=kits>.  They also have lesson plans
listed individually <https://www.projectlooksharp.org/search-result.php>,
which are searchable by keyword. Each lesson/kit includes multiple media
sources (videos and articles) and detailed plans and suggestions for how to
use them with students. Here are the key questions for analyzing/creating
media messages
<https://www.projectlooksharp.org/Resources%202/keyquestions.pdf> that
teachers would keep circling back to when working with students.

I've already shown a few teachers these resources, and they are really
excited, especially since they are easy to adapt to an online/hybrid
learning environment.

Happy Friday, Everyone.
:) Monica
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Monica Ahern
Library Media Specialist
William H. Hall High School
860-232-4561 x6330

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